Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In Context
14For God speaketh once, yea twice: [yet man] regardeth it not.
16Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.
Genesis 31:24And God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Job 4:13In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:
Daniel 4:5(4:2) I saw a dream which terrified me; and the thoughts upon my couch and the visions of my head troubled me.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:15-19
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded… Read the whole commentary →